GDT Game #34 - Habs vs Stars 8:00 pm Friday Dec 23 2022

[DON]

GO get em!

 

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Tale of the Tape

Canadiens	Statistics	Stars
15-15-3	Record	19-9-6
45.2% (26th)	Scoring-chances-for %	52.7% (8th)
2.70 (28th)	Goals per game	3.56 (5th)
3.45 (24th)	Goals against per game	2.79 (11th)
13.6% (32nd)	PP%	25.7% (9th)
78.8% (16th)	PK%	83.1% (4th)
0-1-0	H2H Record	1-0-0

[Prime Minister Koivu]

I forgot that this game was tonight. 
 

A loss is good for the tank but a win is good for my heart. 
 

Suzuki, Caufield, Dach please score some goals FFS. 
 

Slafkovsky please have a dominant game. 
 

 

[DON]

Pez is in Dadanov out.

Allen starting

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Anderson back up top or maybe someone new?

 

Why not try Slafkovsky? 
 

Expecting Hoffman though

[DON]

Richard on top line...unlikely but why not.

[tomh009]

I'd try Richard or Armia. Neither one likely but need to find someone other than Dach that will click with Caufield/Suzuki. And either one would need more than a game or two to see if they can find a common frequency.

[DON]

Coach getting ready! 

 

[DON]

36 minutes ago, tomh009 said:

I'd try Richard or Armia. Neither one likely but need to find someone other than Dach that will click with Caufield/Suzuki. And either one would need more than a game or two to see if they can find a common frequency.

I just like Richard's speed and maybe Suzuki could gift him some easy scoring chances.

[Commandant]

As long as its not Anderson.

[DON]

How bout this fella?

 

Folks guessing it will be Drouin?

 

[DON]

About time Evans gets one.

[Sir_Boagalott]

Its always nice when the other teams announcers say the Habs have the worst PP and brag that the Stars have the 4th best PK and the Habs score a PPG.  

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Interesting lines…

 

Evans line was the best and everyone else looked sloppy 

 

 

[Prime Minister Koivu]

 

[DON]

Habs hanging in, what version of the Habs will come out to pay the 2nd period?

[Sir_Boagalott]

10 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Interesting lines…

 

Evans line was the best and everyone else looked sloppy 

 

 

 

As odd as it seems, splitting up CC & NS could make a lot of sense.  Yes, they are great together, but the Habs are really only 1 line when they are together.  Splitting them up might allow some of the non producing Habs to get some points. 

 

Pezzetta seems to have decent chemistry with Evans.  That was a sweet pass on Evans goal and Evans made a decent attempt to return the favour.  

 

 

[DON]

Pez, top corner... just for practice!

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

7 hours ago, DON said:

Pez is in Dadanov out.

 

 Seems like a good decision . 

[Sir_Boagalott]

Hmm, thats a surprising stat:  the only team that hasn't allowed a short handed goal this year is a team that is playing 4 rookie dmen.  That really doesn't make any sense.  

[sbhatt]

Lazy penalty by Drouin leads to a Stars goal.  He's such a waste of a roster spot right now it's not even funny. 

[Commandant]

38 minutes ago, Sir_Boagalott said:

Hmm, thats a surprising stat:  the only team that hasn't allowed a short handed goal this year is a team that is playing 4 rookie dmen.  That really doesn't make any sense.  

 

Those rookie dmen havent had much pp time though.  A little but nothing consistent.

 

So not sure its correlated 

[DON]

Suzuki 2 for 9 and Dach 1 for 8 on faceoffs.

[sbhatt]

Stupid penalties are the story of this game.

[BCHabnut]

Why pull allen? Fo% has been terrible

[BCHabnut]

4 minutes ago, sbhatt said:

Stupid penalties are the story of this game.

I didn't see the Wideman one. Was he pushed?